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63 Cards in this Set
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Abrasian |
Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive |
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Acute |
New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic |
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Ambulate |
To walk from place to place
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Anterior |
Located towards the front of the body |
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Artery |
Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart |
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Benign |
Normal, of no danger to health
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Bradycardia |
Slow heart rate (less than 60bpm) |
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Cardiomegaly |
Enlarged Heart (like the grinch) |
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Cholecystitis |
Inflammation of the Cholecyst (gall-bladder) |
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Chronic |
Long standing,constant, opposite of acute |
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COPD
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, commonly seen in smokers |
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Coronary Artery |
Artery that supplies the heart tissue with blood |
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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) |
"stroke", lack of blood flow to the brain causing brain damage |
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Diaphoresis |
Sweating |
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Distal |
Farther from the trunk of the body |
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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) |
Blood clot in a deep vein, most often an extremity. |
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Dyspnea |
Problems with breathing |
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Dysuria |
Painful urination |
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Ecchymosis |
A bruise |
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Edema |
Swelling |
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Emesis |
Vomiting |
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Epistaxis |
Nose bleed |
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Erethyma/Erythymatous |
Redness/Red |
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Febrile |
Increased body tempurate, fever, indicative of an infection |
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Grossly |
Obviously; a lot, wholly |
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Hematemesis |
Large amounts of blood in vomit |
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Hematuria |
Large amounts of blood in urine |
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Hemoptysis |
Coughing up very large amounts of blood |
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Hemorraghe |
Excessive or profuse bleeding |
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Hepatomegaly |
Enlarged Liver |
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Hypertension |
High blood pressure |
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Hypotension |
Low blood pressure |
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Hypoxia |
Low saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood |
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Infarct |
Area of dead tissue after lack of blood supply |
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Inferior |
Lower on the body, further from the head |
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Ischemia |
Lack of blood supply |
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Laceration |
Splitting of the skin due to trauma (cut on the skin from something sharp) |
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Latera |
Farther from the midline (line from nose to bellybutton) |
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Medial |
Closer to the midline |
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Melena |
Black Tarry Stool |
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Myocardial Infarction (MI) |
Death of cardiac muscles due to ischemia |
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Myalgia |
Muscle pains "aches" |
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Oriented x3 |
Oriented to person, place, and time |
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Pallor |
Pale Skin |
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Posterior/Dorsal |
Rear/Back of the body |
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Proximal |
Nearer to the trunk of the body |
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Pruritic |
Itchy |
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Pulmonary Embolism (PE) |
Blocking of pulmonary artery due to blood clot |
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Purulent |
pus-like |
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Rales |
Crackles; wet crackling noise in the lungs |
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Rhinnorhea |
Clear nasal discharge "runny nose" |
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Rhonchi |
Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs |
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Sepsis |
Dangerous infection of the blood |
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STEMI |
ST elevation MI; realtime ongoing death of heart tissue due to ischemia
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Superior |
Higher on the body, nearer to the head |
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Supine |
Body position lying face up |
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Syncope |
"passing out", loss of consciousness or fainting |
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Tachycardia |
Fast heart rate (100+bpm) |
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Tachypnea |
Increased breathing rate |
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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) |
Minor Stroke; neurological function is regained quickly with time |
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Vein |
Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart |
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Vertigo |
condition of dizziness "head spinning" |
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Wheezing |
High pitched sound, heard in the lungs of asthmatics or lung disease |
